Waldmann's disease: a rare cause of protein losing enteropathy in an adult patient

Primary intestinal lymphangiectasia or Waldmann's disease is an uncommon cause of protein losing enteropathy with an unknown etiology and is usually diagnosed during childhood. It is characterized by dilation and leakage of intestinal lymph vessels leading to hypoalbuminemia, hypogammaglobuline...

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Main Authors: Cláudio Martins, Alice Gagnaire, Florian Rostain, Côme Lepage
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Aran Ediciones
Series:Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas
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Online Access:http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1130-01082017000500022&lng=en&tlng=en